A quick follow-up to yesterday’s note with additional confirmed vessel movements for 15 April.
We recorded 8 confirmed crossings across dry bulk, tanker and gas segments, in line with the post-blockade slowdown highlighted previously. Activity remains below the 8–12 April peak window, but continues at a reduced pace rather than halting entirely.
The most notable development is the continued presence of large crude movements into the Gulf. Three VLCCs (280,000–300,000 dwt) were confirmed inbound on 15 April:
HONG LU (298,920 dwt, Hong Kong-owned)
ALICIA (281,396 dwt, China-owned)
AGIOS FANOURIOS I (299,996 dwt, Greek-owned), bound for Basrah
This represents roughly 880,000 dwt of crude-carrying capacity entering the Gulf in a single day. No VLCC outbound crossings have been observed since 12 April.
Elsewhere, we see further signs of operational and commercial uncertainty:
Three bulk carriers (Turkish-, Chinese- and Greek-owned) reappeared on AIS after ~15 days in signal blackout. While likely transits, their exact crossing timing cannot be confirmed and they are excluded from our daily count.
The chemical/products tanker RICH STARRY reversed direction within 24 hours, crossing outbound on 14 April and reappearing inbound on 15 April, with no observable window for cargo operations.
Source: AXS Marine
